St Ansgar Middle School

St Ansgar Middle School is one of the minimally staffed 6-8 campuss in St Ansgar, Iowa, operated by St Ansgar Comm School District, with 132 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so St Ansgar Middle School sits 67% below that benchmark.

St Ansgar Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by St Ansgar Comm School District, a district that instructs 643 students overall.

On the student-mix side, St Ansgar Middle School reports that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Mitchell County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, St Ansgar Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 78.3%; this one delivers 89.2%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Mitchell County) shows that median household earnings sit near $71,365, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mitchell County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,631 students), St Ansgar Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is St Ansgar High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, St Ansgar Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St Ansgar Middle School has changed only slightly, going from 131 students in 2018 to 132 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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